Superbowl Prep

Ok, maybe you all are all up on your sports news but for those of you like me.....I am here to help.

I did some googling and here are the two teams in this weekend's game

Kansas City Chiefs

 against the

San Francisco 49ers

Here is the really good news about these two playing against each other.  The 49ers colors are scarlet and gold.  The Chiefs colors are red and gold.  Scarlet, red......red, scarlet......yep I am calling them the same for decor purposes and guess what decorating scheme I am going with

Red and Gold......Ha!  No matter who the family cheers for, it will be fine.

I am keeping the food simple

Sunday morning I will start the slow cooker with some boneless/skinless chicken breast, a pack of 

and a jar of salsa.  When the chicken is done I will shred it and have it ready for nachos, tacos or rice bowls.  

For the fixings I am going to pick up some tortilla chips from our favorite restaurant and I will have some black beans, sour cream, shredded cheese, tomatos, lettuce and avocado.  I will also cook some rice in case someone wants to make a bowl instead.

In years past we have played a Superbowl commercial Bingo that I ordered from Amazon.  This year we are going to play a different game

Printable Game

Feel free to print this and play at your house......but be warned.....I made up the questions and I may not know all the correct football terminology and rules......but I think it is correct.  If not, just adjust.  I know you all are flexible.

I hope your team wins.  I hope you enjoy the commercials.  I hope you enjoy the game food.

Have a great weekend.

Not the Post I had Planned

Y'all the whole Kobe Bryant thing......too much. I ,admittedly, am not a big sports fan.  There has never been a truer statement.  But I am a people fan, a relationship fan, a family fan.

Several families were devastated in this horrible accident.

 The Bryant family being the most publicly devastated.

And I am going to be real honest, I avoided a lot of the coverage.  I did not, I could not really think about it. It is just too much. Especially the kids......I can't.  You all know as much as I love to read, I generally avoid books where tough things happen to kids and I don't want to see a movie about any such thing..... I just cannot emotionally go there - even when it is someone I don't know personally.  I can't.

I wish I were stronger, but I am not.

But the first night of the coverage I saw all of these people showing up because they loved Kobe, loved who he was, what he stood for, the legacy he built in his short lifetime.  The tweets from everywhere were touching and raw.  The posts on Facebook and Instagram......the pictures.......

And here is where my heart went......did Kobe know how much he meant, the difference he made to so many, the love that obviously existed for him? Did he know that ?  I hope he did.  I really hope he did.

So I showed you a picture weeks ago, where I bought all my cards, addressed them and had them ready to mail out.

So here is what I just stayed up til midnight doing...... I just opened up every Valentine card I had ready to mail out.  I just opened every single one of those cards that I had simply signed

Love, Rhega

I opened every one of them up and wrote a personal note to each recipient because

I want them to HEAR,

I want them to KNOW,

I want them to FEEL

that they matter, that they are loved, that their presence is special and makes a difference in my life.

Is there someone who needs to hear that from you?

Today's a really good day to make it happen.

And if I haven't told you lately, I so appreciate that you take a little time out each week to meet me here, to listen to me, to share with me.  Thank you for that. You are making a difference to me and I am most grateful for it.

Taking Inventory and a Winner

First things first....let's announce the winner of the

Sacred Holidays by Becky Kiser

Thank you all for entering.  It is always nice to know who's out there checking in with me here on the blog.  There are two winners and they are.....

D. Boaz and L. Townsend

Congratulations, ladies.  I will message you and get your book to you.  

Now if you didn't win, just click the link above if you'd like to pick up your own copy.

Now on to today's post........

Have you ever worked retail?  January in retail means inventory time.  If you ever had to work it, you are probably sighing and rolling your eyes with the memory of it.  My first retail job was at Parisian and  in those first years we literally counted every single item by hand and wrote the numbers on a sheet of paper.  I worked there long enough that they finally got handheld scanners and we could scan the tickets and electronically take inventory.  Before I left they had handed the whole inventory process over to a private company and they came in overnight and scanned the whole store.

But January is also a good time to take inventory in our own lives.  Here's a few categories that may be good to inventory

1) Your obligations.  Take a look at what all you have committed to doing and see if it is not enough, too much or just right.

2) Your time budget.  Maybe track one day and see how much time you spend on social media, looking for things, cleaning, watching tv, reading, emails.....etc.  Then decide if you are using your time in the best way. I am just going to say someone very close to me complained about how she spent so much time looking for things.  So she devised a better way of putting things away, always putting things in the same place and elimination of unneccessary clutter.  The result was a good portion of her day back to her....WIN!!!

3) People.  Come on you know it as well as I ...... some people are just not good for us.  Inventory the people you are investing your time in and see if is the right group.

4) Stuff.  Do you have about 20 more pairs of socks than you actually need in your sock drawer?  Oh wait, I started talking to myself for a second there.  But this is a good time to see if you need to purge your make-up products, clothing, shoes, jewelry, books....you know your vice go ahead and inventory it.

5) Pantry and Freezer.  If you can't even see what you have in there, you are probably over buying.  Take a good inventory and get rid of any questionable or expired items so you can make good use of the remaining food.

6) Pens and Pencils.....don't act like you don't have this drawer.  I am pretty sure if inkpens or pencils ever became currency I would be multi-trillionaire.    But at least I can record all these inventories I am taking.

I am pretty sure I just wrote a whole blog post to myself.  You guys are probably already in good shape.  Well in that case, thanks for being here and supporting me as I inventory my life.

I hope you have a great week and I will see you back here on Wednesday!

Holidays.....how do you celebrate?

Ok, you all know that I love most holidays (sorry, Halloween).  I pretty much enjoy any reason to celebrate and if it has a theme - I am even more in.  I buy mint ice cream for St. Patricks Day.  I am all about the tacos on Cinco de Mayo.  I embrace the Super Bown even though I am not a football fan and I have no idea who the players are.  What can I say....I just enjoy enjoying.

So I bought this book last year

Sacred Holidays

I have been reading through it and it is just an easy read and reminder of how to keep Christ as our focus.

It doesn't cover all the holidays but it does talk about New Year's, Valentine's Day, Lent and Easter, Summer, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Advent and Christmas and Birthdays.  

For instance, for Valentine's Day the book leads you through some simple ideas including sending your friends Valentines through the mail and random acts of kindness plus about 5-6 more ideas.  Well I like all these ideas so I can totally get behind this book. 

And the summer section is really good.  I don't know what happens in the summer.  I get out of my normal routine, I get a little more relaxed.....maybe even a tad lazy.  So I like a little guide about some productive and focused things to make the most of those months. 

Maybe you'd be interested in having this book......well two of you are in luck!!!!

You all know how I roll, I very often buy things in threes.  Don't ask me why.  I have no explanation.  But in my true form I bought three copies of this book when I bought mine......so I have two copies to give away.  

Very simple to enter this giveaway

1) comment here on the blog "pick me".  (Remember your comment will not show up until I accept it.)

2) comment on Instagram "pick me"

3) comment on Facebook "pick me"

Go ahead and do all three for three entries.

I will randomly select two winners from all the entries at noon CST this Sunday (1/27/2020).

I will announce the winner here on Monday. And don't worry if you don't win, just click the link above to purchase your own copy.

Have a wonderful weekend!!!!